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EB-1A membership — AAO decision APR062016_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision APR062016_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. None of four analyzed criteria met; petition burden unmet.
Source limitation: The review record contains a source hold or limitation. Read the limitation below before relying on any case detail; unresolved facts are not treated as findings.
Scope classification from review: in_scope_EB1A_individual_decision. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | APR062016_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | April 6, 2016 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A appeal decision |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Nebraska Service Center denial; AAO de novo review. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | Not reached_initial_threshold_failed; aggregate review unfavorable |
What the AAO decision addressed
None of four analyzed criteria met; petition burden unmet.
Criterion-by-criterion status in this source
These labels reproduce the source-review record. “Not considered,” “not reached,” and “not coded” do not mean the criterion failed. A Director finding recited as background is not an AAO holding unless the decision says so.
Criterion | Source-review status |
|---|---|
Awards | Not coded — source PDF |
Membership | |
Published material about the person | Not coded — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | abandoned — p. 4 |
High salary or remuneration | Not met — p. 5 |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
"No source hold; opinion itself notes engineering roles are not explained as relevant to claimed nursing field."
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: No one-time achievement or three criteria; membership, contributions, leading/critical role, and high salary all not established.; pages: 2; 3; 4; 5
claim: On appeal petitioner did not articulate how initial criteria were met; leading/critical role claims were abandoned and alternatively found insufficient.; pages: 1; 4
claim: Formal final merits not required; aggregate discussion unfavorable; appeal dismissed.; pages: 5; 6
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: in_scope_EB1A_individual_decision
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
How to use this record
This is a historical, nonprecedent AAO decision about its own administrative record. It is not a prediction, success rate, or current filing instruction. Compare the issue and procedural stage before drawing an analogy. The current framework is in the USCIS Policy Manual, Volume 6, Part F, Chapter 2.
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